Chemical bonds in collagen rupture selectively under tensile stress
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James Rowe, Konstantin Röder
Collagen fibres are the main constituent of the extracellular matrix, and fulfil an important role in the structural stability of living multicellular organisms. An open question is how collagen absorbs pulling forces, and if the applied forces are strong enough to break bonds, what mechanisms underlie this process. As experimental studies on this topic are challenging, simulations are an important tool to further our understanding of these mechanisms. Here, we present pulling simulations of collagen triple helices, revealing the molecular mechanisms induced by tensile stress. At lower forces, pulling alters the configuration of proline residues leading to an effective absorption of applied stress. When forces are strong enough to introduce bond ruptures, these are located preferentially in X-position residues. Reduced backbone flexibility, for example through mutations or cross linking, weakens tensile resistance, leading to localised ruptures around these perturbations. In fibre-like segments, a significant overrepresentation of ruptures in proline residues compared to amino acid contents is observed. This study confirms the important role of proline in the structural stability of collagen, and adds detailed insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying this observation.
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